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Polybius

(21,185 posts)
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 04:46 PM Oct 25

Who do so many people hate morning darkness so much?

I totally get it if you prefer not to take your kids to school when it's dark outside, so let's put that aside for now. I start work at 7:00 AM, and I love that it's still dark when I head out in the morning.

Yet, it appears that almost everyone else dislikes it except for me! I'm curious, why is that? What is it about the darkness in the morning that you find unappealing?

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Who do so many people hate morning darkness so much? (Original Post) Polybius Oct 25 OP
I'm a morning person. Early to bed ... etc. The morning light suits my biorhythm Raven123 Oct 25 #1
Maybe it doesn't feel like morning, but feels like night time? Irish_Dem Oct 25 #2
"Maybe it doesn't feel like morning, but feels like night time?" Polybius Oct 25 #13
Not me. Out the door and at the nearby park with my pup to meet two other dog-owners before dawn every AM... hlthe2b Oct 25 #3
I dislike the fact that it gets dark at 4:30 to 5:00pm at night Niagara Oct 25 #4
I used to start work at 6AM , still dark. Never liked or disliked the dark. It just is. Srkdqltr Oct 25 #5
It's the fear of late-shift & hungry... GJGCA Oct 25 #6
I worked graveyard shift long ago DBoon Oct 25 #7
I've been on the beach on Chappaquiddick Island at night. There are no street lights on the island and you can see all CTyankee Oct 25 #8
I love being up before the sun. Americanme Oct 25 #9
Meh ... if we would just STOP CHANGING THE FUCKING CLOCKS RandomNumbers Oct 25 #10
I am totally a morning person Nittersing Oct 25 #11
It is hard going to work when dark and kacekwl Oct 25 #12
I'm an afternoon to night owl person... electric_blue68 Oct 25 #14
I wake up every morning around 5 a.m.. It is always dark. OldBaldy1701E Oct 28 #18
That's a drag. Sorry to hear. electric_blue68 Oct 28 #20
I used to work nights k0rs Oct 27 #15
Not being able to see where you're going and what you're doing might be a small part of it. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 27 #16
If you can't see while driving in the dark, it might be time to invest in some glasses for night driving Polybius Oct 27 #17
Try dropping you car keys in the grass. Glasses won't help that. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 28 #19
My car doesn't have keys Polybius Oct 28 #21
I wonder the same thing about fried liver and onions. Torchlight Oct 29 #22
I usually get up when the sun is warm, like 1:30 - 2 o'clock in the afternoon. LudwigPastorius Oct 29 #23

Irish_Dem

(77,999 posts)
2. Maybe it doesn't feel like morning, but feels like night time?
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 04:55 PM
Oct 25

Who wants to get up in the middle of the night and go to work?

I don't like driving in the dark, but I like being up early when most people are still asleep.
It is so quiet and peaceful. And I get a head start on everyone else.

Polybius

(21,185 posts)
13. "Maybe it doesn't feel like morning, but feels like night time?"
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 08:46 PM
Oct 25

That's precisely why I love it. I hate mornings.

Who wants to get up in the middle of the night and go to work?




I like being up early when most people are still asleep.
It is so quiet and peaceful. And I get a head start on everyone else.


I fully agree there!

hlthe2b

(112,156 posts)
3. Not me. Out the door and at the nearby park with my pup to meet two other dog-owners before dawn every AM...
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 04:58 PM
Oct 25

We all wear headlamps and flashing lights on the dog's collars, but otherwise we get to see the sky, the moon, the constellations and planets as they change, an occasional shooting star or meteor shower, and the sunrise. Worth every morning!

Niagara

(11,148 posts)
4. I dislike the fact that it gets dark at 4:30 to 5:00pm at night
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 05:03 PM
Oct 25

They have it backwards and they need to give us an extra hour of daylight in the winter instead of the summer.


It's depressing as hell. It's colder when the sun sets and one needs to shovel or snowblow snow. There's 10 million Americans who have seasonal light disorder.


I also don't like driving in the dark at all.


I would like to have artificial light in my living room in the winter but I already have a colossal window in my living room. I just need it to shine artificial light instead of being pitch black.





Here's some idea of what season light disorder is.






Srkdqltr

(9,125 posts)
5. I used to start work at 6AM , still dark. Never liked or disliked the dark. It just is.
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 05:09 PM
Oct 25

Some people are such babies now.
We tried to make our kids more comfortable. I guess we did to much.

DBoon

(24,521 posts)
7. I worked graveyard shift long ago
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 05:24 PM
Oct 25

in a fast food place after graduating from high school. Got to stay up the entire night.

Darkness is for sleeping not working.

CTyankee

(67,596 posts)
8. I've been on the beach on Chappaquiddick Island at night. There are no street lights on the island and you can see all
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 06:26 PM
Oct 25

stars in the sky. It was just fabulous.

Americanme

(317 posts)
9. I love being up before the sun.
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 06:41 PM
Oct 25

I get up at 3, out the door for work by 4:30. I love seeing the sunrise, it's my favorite time of day.

RandomNumbers

(18,995 posts)
10. Meh ... if we would just STOP CHANGING THE FUCKING CLOCKS
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 06:56 PM
Oct 25

twice a year, I'm fine with dark in the morning, dark in the evening, WHATEVER. As long as we get the x hours of light that we should ... as long as the sun is rising and setting we should be just fine.

STOP CHANGING THE FUCKING CLOCKS and we could all just get used to it.

(I'm yelling at clouds, not you)

Nittersing

(7,919 posts)
11. I am totally a morning person
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 07:49 PM
Oct 25

I love being awake as the world wakes up. I get to enjoy listening to the birds before the traffic noise starts to hum and the neighborhood starts coming to life.

One morning I woke up after an ice storm. A lot of branches were braking. There wasn't any other sound except for the crack of another branch and the wooshing sound it made as it fell.

I'm such a morning person that I still set an alarm to get up.

electric_blue68

(24,958 posts)
14. I'm an afternoon to night owl person...
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 10:40 PM
Oct 25

Although I did pretty well when a certain job went from 10 AM - 6 PM.

But getting up at any where from ? 6:50A - about 7:30A - blah!

OldBaldy1701E

(9,552 posts)
18. I wake up every morning around 5 a.m.. It is always dark.
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 07:53 AM
Oct 28

It is not by choice and I hate it.

I guess decades of doing so made me a tool even when I tried to fight it.

Oh well.

k0rs

(145 posts)
15. I used to work nights
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 02:30 PM
Oct 27

I hated driving home (sixty miles) as the sun was rising. It felt as if someone was pouring sand in my eyes. I much preferred driving home in the dark. It also made it easier to fall asleep once I got home if it was still dark. In the fall, just as it was getting more pleasant to drive, the time was changed to make the sunrise artificially earlier. Institutionally implemented torture. Arrgh.

Incidentally, my wife, a natural night owl, often stayed awake until I arrived home and retired to bed with me. She found the night time perfect to attend to her personal chores. We have animals so she would often work in the barn overnight with her horses or rescue cats.

eppur_se_muova

(40,562 posts)
16. Not being able to see where you're going and what you're doing might be a small part of it. nt
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 02:37 PM
Oct 27

Polybius

(21,185 posts)
17. If you can't see while driving in the dark, it might be time to invest in some glasses for night driving
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 07:49 PM
Oct 27

It can help lots.

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